Some of the challengesSome of the challengeswe face in the we face in the cultureculture

The condition of the culture

Manic

High velocity

Discontinuous

Dadipad

In times of rapid change, what you know can mislead you!

Michael Marquardt

The Twentieth Century isthe name of a train thatno longer runs!

Poet David Lehman

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LiminalLiminal

The first liminal condition the church finds herself in is “marginalization.” The church moved from the center to the margins of society.

Alan Roxburgh

The second condition of liminality is this: there are no longer any margins to society! The culture is changing so rapidly that one cannot say there is a “middle” to society that defines the “edge” of the marginalized church.

Alan Roxburgh

Vision Shifts

Traditional (program centered)

Transitional

Transformational (vision- centered)

Incline (transformational)

Recline (traditional)

decline

Ken Priddy